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On the understanding and use of "unintegrated" parton distributions in small-x QCD

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-30 v1

Abstract

We review and discuss the use of TMD, or "unintegrated", gluon distributions in the domain of small-x physics. The definitions employed, and the hazards of the naive applications of the TMD factorization and the associated gluon distributions are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1108.1181,
  title  = {On the understanding and use of "unintegrated" parton distributions in small-x QCD},
  author = {Emil Avsar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.1181},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages, based on talk give at the workshop "QCD evolution of parton distributions: from collinear to non-collinear case", 8 - 9 Apr 2011